Mission to Antarctica: snow to understand the climate

(Image: Pixabay CC0) This December 12, Sibylle Boxho, a doctoral student in geology, leaves on a 2-month mission to Antarctica.. and for the first time! The aim - to install a new sampling instrument and bring back snow for analysis in Belgium. This study will contribute to a better understanding of atmospheric circulations and global climate change . On December 12, Sibylle Boxho - a doctoral student at the G-Time and BGEOSYS laboratories, Faculty of Science, Free University of Brussels - sets sail for the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica. She will remain there for 2 months (return scheduled for February 10, 2024), accompanied for this project by a researcher from UGent. Aged 25, this is her first mission to Antarctica.